Wisconsin State Teachers College - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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THE OLD NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING THE FIRST BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS ERECTED 1875 DESTROYED BY FIRE 1897 THE RIVER FALLS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE Founded 1874, The fourTh normal school To be esToblished in Wisconsin by The Board of RegenTs of Normal Schools. , Opened 1875 wiTh o focuITy of nine and o sTudenT body in The Normal DeporTmenT of 104, I897-The Normal School building desTroyed by fire. The school opened 0T one o'clock The nexT ofTernoon in buildings offered by ciTizens of River Falls, and confinued during The year wiThouT The loss of a single STudenT and buT one half day's loss occa- sioned by The fire. 1898-SouTh Hall erecTed and opened SepTember 6. 1909-FirsT summer session held. 1912-DeporfmenT of AgriculTure esTablished. 1914-NorTh Hall consTrucTed. Two Trends of farm land, oggregoTing obouT TorTy-five acres, pur- chased. 1917-1920-FurTher purchase of form lands. 1918-Borrocks buiIT in 1917 for o uniT of The STudenT Army Training Corps Transformed inTo shops for The AgricuITurol Mechanics deporTmenT. 1920-AThleTic field purchased. 1926-1927-Four-yeor courses leading To The degree of bachelor of educa- coTion esToblished. The River Falls Normal School becomes The River Falls SToTe Teachers College. 1927-The Training School Building consTrucTed. 1930-lndus'rriol ArTs Building compIeTed. 1935-River Falls SToTe Teachers College granTed occrediTmenT in The NorTh CenTrol AssocioTion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1945-ApproprioTion of $347,000 by The sToTe IegisloTure for The consTruc- Tion of new buildings. A pcurT of This fund used To consTrucT The Campus AporTmenTs for married veTerons and To purchase houses which have been converTed inTo residences Tor sTudenTs, especially 0 dormiTory for freshmen girls. 1948-CompleTion of oddiTion To The lndusTrial ArTs Building. 1948-1949-College enrollmenT breaks oII-Time record wiTh cm oTTendance of 831.

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CONTENTS 0 THE COLLEGE 0 ACTIVITIES 0 SPORTS

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SOUTH HALL ERECTED 1898 MEMBERS OF 1874 - 1949 PRESIDENTS OF THE SCHOOL W. D. Parker, 1875-1889; 1895-1898 J. Q. Emery, 1889-1893 John Hull, 1893-1894 W. J. Brier, 1898-1909 H. L. Wilson, 1909-1911 J. W. Crabtree, 1911-1917 J. H. Ames, 1917-1946 E. H. Kleinpell, 1946- THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS AT RIVER FALLS Allen H. Weld, 1868-1877 A. D. Andrews, 1877-1885 C. V. Guy, 1885-1892 E. E. Ainsworth, 1892-1895 E. Ballard, 1896 Freeman H. Lord, 1897-1906, 1909-1912 F. D. Ensign, 1906-1909 George Thompson, 1912-1913 F. W. Ramer, 1913-1929 Jay H. Grimm, 1929-1941 James A. Richards, 1942-1945 Dr. Chalmer Davee, 1946-